I don't know about all of you - but I'm guessing that, like me, you could use something light-hearted right about now. So I thought I would share this column* about our beloved four-legged companions. ( * NYT The Morning by Sam Sifton, 4-16-26)   Here’s to dense dogs Is your dog smart? One of mine is as dumb as a box of rocks. The other’s about 7 cents short of a dollar. (I love them both.) Yet many people, my colleague Emily Anthes reports, have dogs of exceptional intellect

This Easter, more than any other in my lifetime, has fallen in the midst of great earthly turmoil that potentially could change our lives and the world in profound and irreversible ways. The call to spiritual contemplation and action  (in the words of Ft Richard Rohr) “ is not a luxury for a few, but surely a cultural necessity"  for us all.   As I continued to reflect on the state of our world (and my own life) in light of the promise of Easter this year, I came across a cou

This week, as I have been going back and reading the resurrection stories from each of the gospel accounts in preparation for my Sunday lesson, I have been struck by something that is not always noticed and that often gets downplayed in the church. It is a plain and simple fact: there would likely be no Easter without the women.   That’s right. You might recall from last week that it was the women who were present at the cross while all the male disciples had scattered. So, t

Wow, this Sunday is Palm Sunday! How fast the Lenten season has flown by. I hope you have been enjoying our series, Meeting Jesus on the Road, as we travel along with Jesus and disciples and witness the many signs and wonders that happen along the way.   Our after-service class has been filled with rich discussion, not to mention yummy food! It has been so much fun to share a single pot of soup or chili or lentils. It has reminded me a lot of last year’s Lenten series, Meetin

Yesterday I opened up my Facebook to find my feed full of articles about the allegations of sexual violence and misconduct against the late United Farm Workers’ Union co-founder, Cesar Chavez. I would like to say I was shocked, but I fear I am becoming accustomed to these disheartening revelations about men I once considered great.   In case you missed it, the newest allegations come from Dolores Huerta, Chavez’s co-founder of the UFW, who worked very closely with him through

2026 has already seen a rash of anti-trans legislation all over the country. States like Texas, Florida, Tennessee, and most recently Kansas have passed laws that prohibit trans people from having gender designations on their driver’s licenses that match their actual gender identity and expression. In Kansas, this new law retroactively invalidated 1000s of trans people’s driver’s licenses which had been legally obtained previously.   New legislation also seeks to ban transgen

As we approach the end of October, the veil between the spirit world and the material world becomes thinner. At least, this is the belief of those who celebrate Día de los Muertos . You may find that you are reflecting more at this time on your own loved ones who have passed. I know I have been thinking a lot about my beloved Grandma, my kitties Molly and Zoe, and my Uncle Jim.   Loss and grief are human conditions that affect all of us at one point or another in life. Grief

Yom Kippur,  the holiest day of the year in Judaism, began at sundown today – Wednesday Oct 1st – and goes through sundown tomorrow –...

This Monday was the autumn equinox—an astronomical event that marks the beginning of autumn and occurs when the sun crosses the...

We are now in Holy Week, the week that culminates with our joyous Easter celebration. And today is “Maundy Thursday” in the Christian...